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Just read about an English teacher overstayed mine months and facing deportation. I hear many young people here with Visa problems and yet so desperately want to stay in Thailand, and many who have been living here for years without a proffer visa indicate that they were without a job. Understand Thailand is an affordable living compare to developed countries, but there still are living expenses to pay. 

I am genuinely curious. Please enlighten me. 

Thank you.

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1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Work in your home country for over 30 years.

Get a fantastic retirement.

Come here and live a great life with plenty of dough to spare.

Seems life trying to work here and not or barely getting by, is not a good plan or a good life.

And then those life savings are stolen/lost through love....

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 Many don't spend money on any sort of Medical or travel or auto insurance.  No car loan, no car, maybe share a motorbike with another person.  Wardrobe is non existent, shorts and T-shirts, 100 baht flip flops.  Cheap but habitable rooms can be rented, some with air some without air if one is really skimping for < 5,000 baht a month in many parts of Thailand even arguably happening places as Pattaya and not necessarily out in the boondocks.    And if two or more share a place, they can actually be relatively comfortable.  <deleted> struggling to survive lifestyle, with not a lot of potential for growth.  Nothing wrong with a bit of a walk about, or taking some time to experience things.  But really is probably a better option to go home, get a better education, or trade, get some cash flow setup by saving and investing for earnings or dividends, etc.  Take time off a lot to go back to Thailand.  Work life balance.  But to go there like some of those youtubers do, get a few thousand baht a month to eat, well, not promising

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I spend less than I get from my investments. Everything extra get reinvested. Me and my wife are not big spender. We rent a car when needed instead of buying one. We live almost rent free in the familly home while we are waiting for a good deal on a big land. I buy about 1 whole beef per year for 30-40,000 baht which save about 50%. I grow my own vegetables. 

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1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Cost of living. Renting an apartment here is one-quarter of the cost of a comparable apartment in Australia.

They come fully furnished as well, which would be the exception in Oz.

Provided one is content to subsist on Thai food solely, it's very inexpensive. Or one can buy fruit and vegetables in the markets very cheaply.

I average about 60,000 baht/month in expenditure. In Australia, that might be the rent alone for one of the bigger houses.

You must be joking . The OZ dollar is getting smashed into oblivion and headed for 15 baht  ! Your income is according to you is at a 7% return in oz. once the oz government taxes that and Then it gets smashed on the exchange rate here you would have <deleted> all left..Your investment strategy is woeful and yet you still claim and amazing lifestyle which is just nonsense

 

Quality accommodation in a desirable  location in a city here is not that cheap certainly not a 1/4 price but when expats here say its cheap thats because its a 4k mouldy fan room..more money for beer and girls for oz and UK pensioners I guess

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16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

 In 2009 I paid 500 pounds for a tank of oil that heated my home for 3 months,

electricity 50 pounds, water 30 pounds, internet 30 pounds.

In Thailand I pay 1,100bht/month for electricity, water 350bht, internet 631bht.

 

How can your utility bills between Thailand and the Uk be similar?

Mine are around 1/3.

Elect, gas and water in the UK  £120 per month (4.700 Baht). My UK internet £30 pm (1,200).  Sky TV £45 (1,800).  Those numbers roughly equate to my bills here, bar True Vision but there is no real comparison between the excellent Sky service and the dreadfully poor True Vision offer.  Certainly my bills here are not a saving on my UK amounts. The only saving is in Council Tax, but that saving is somewhat off set by Thai company tax, ( and accountant) paid annually.  

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1 hour ago, samsensam said:

 

for me it's being in control of my life and finances; always have, always will. i have a financial advisor who has never let me down. and i use common sense.

I wish I had had YOUR Financial Advisor, mine lost me loads !  

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